Button or the like



1937- R. HLUCKINS 2,067,224

BUTTON OR THE LIKE Filed Dec. 12, 1955 MHiVENTOR; V J

, Patented Jan. 12, 1937 2,067,224 BUTTON on THE LIKE Royal Huckins,Waterbury, Conn., assignor to Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury,Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application December 12, 1935,Serial No. 54,051

Claims. (Cl. 40-20) UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE The present inventionrelates to buttons and the like which have a design, character or otherornamentation on their top, and aims to provide certain improvementstherein.

Heretofore it has been impossible to feed buttons having a design orornamentation on their top, in automatic button feed mechanisms so as todefinitely locate or position the design at-the button-attaching stationwhereby to insure attaching the button to a garment or other articlewith the design in desired position. To do this,

of course, is highly desirable, since it will thereby be possible forthe design on the buttons, which may be the manufacturer's .trade mark,to be always in correct position on the garments. Such properpositioning will not only enhance the appearance of the garments, butwill also enable others, in viewing the garment, to read the trade markon the buttons at a glance, thereby adding advertising value of benefitto the manufacturer. In a co-pending application of Edmund D. Janes,Serial No. 54,050 filed December 12, 1935, there is disclosed a tackbutton having a design,

ornamentation or trade mark on its top adapted for use in button-feedingand attaching machines,

said button having meansthereon which bears a definite relation to thedesign and adapted for cooperative action with means on thebuttonfeeding mechanism for orienting the design so that it will alwayshave a definite position when it reaches the button-attaching station.The particular form of the invention disclosed in said Janes applicationshows a tack button or the like of the top shell type, the'top shellhaving an integral tab or lip which bears a definite relation to thedesign thereon extending over the back of the button for registering thedesign with a button-attaching means. The tab or lip which is formed ofthe metal of the shell is relatively thin, and upon being bent down overthe back of the button provides but a limited thickness of metal forcooperative engagement with the means on the button-feeding mechanismfor registering the design.

The present invention constitutes an improvement on the integral tabtype of top shell button disclosed in the J anes application and has forits primary object the provision of means for increasing theeffectiveness of the tab in establishing registry of the design in abutton-feeding mechanism. This object I accomplish by forming in theback of the button an arcuate track or groove over which the tab engagesand in which track or groove 9. pointer or other means on abuttonregistering mechanism will ride until it encounters the tabbridging the track, thus making the action of the mechanism morepositive. The invention will be better understood from the detaileddescription which follows, when considered 5 in conjunction with theaccompanying drawing,

wherein:--

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a tack button em bodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the button shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section taken substantially along the plane of the line 33of Fig. 2.

The drawing shows my invention as applied to a conventional form of tackbutton, which coml5. prises a cap or shell H! of generally circularconfiguration having an inturned marginal lip ll engaging over acomplemental upturned marginal lip l2 on a flange I3 extendingoutwardly'from a cylindrical hub 14, the bottom of which has an inturnedflange l5 defining an axial opening. The parts l2 to IE may be said toconstitute the body portion of the button; Mounted within the buttonbetween the cap l0 and thefiange I3 is an anvil plate It, and disposedbetween said anvil plate and the inturned flange I5 is a filler elementll having an axial opening therethrough in alignment with the openingthrough the flange l5 for receiving the pin of a tack or staple in thecourse of attaching thebutton to a garment or other 3 article. The capor shell In on its top is provided with an ornamental design 18, hereinshown as consisting of the word or trade mark "ScovilP, the name of theassignee of this invention, disposed across the button in a straightline. Obviously'the design may consist of any word, character, emblem orornamentation, as desired. The tack button thus far described is merelybyway of illustration and the invention is not limited thereto but hasgeneral application to any type of 40 tack button, top shell button orother analogous device, as will presently appear.

According to my invention the cap or shell I0 is formed with an integrallip or tab l9 which bears a definite relation to thedesign l8 on the topof the shell, and as herein shown said tab extends along the horizontaldiameter of the cap or shell in alignment with the design l8 and haslateral edges 20 extending parallel to said diam- 5o eter. The tab [9maintains its definite relation to the design on the top after theassembly of v the cap upon the body. as shown in Fig. 2, in the courseof which assembly the tab I9 is bent back over the flange I3 01 the bodyportion.

p Y aoeaaee The tab l9 being integral with the top shell in What I claimis:

which is formed of relatively thin sheet metal, 1. A button or the like,comprising a top and provides a protrusion at the back of the flange 53a body having a flange underlying the top, said is fed downton-attaching mechanism.

2| which is bridged by the tab l9 when it is bent A bu r the lComprising op a d back over the flange l3 as shown in Figs. 2 and a bodyhaving a flange underlyin the p, Bald 3 it will thus be appreciated thata pointer or top having a design thereon, said flange having operate todefinitely. orient the button for registry at the button-attachingstation. The button provided with a track such as 2i makes it possibleto flatten down Although I have shown and described my invention asapplied to a tack button of the top shell type, it is to be understoodthat the concept overlying the body I a button-attaching mechanism andmeans on said body for increasing the efi'ectiveness of the tab inestablishing registry of the design.

' ROYAL HUCKINS.

